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About St. Helens mist. (St. Helens, Or.) 1913-1933 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 24, 1916)
ST. HELENS MIST. FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 24. 1916 LOWER HAULING COSTS . from 4S to SO cent. The net savin ON IMPROVED ROADS p,r ton m" 8iuc ,he roai,s have lieen improved is 12 S cents. It is liii,.M.ve.l P.. wis I-fleet Satiiic of estimated that the county saves an- $4(27. 4h: in Kiitlit Count ie. Improvement of roads i it eight selected counties iu diflerent -f t ii.s of the I'nited States resulted, in the aggregate, in a total gross annual saving in hauling costs of $627, 40S. accoruing to recent economic stu.i.n- an(1 6K uljHS ,craii,.j. made by the office of public road and rural engineering of the d.-purt-: pnmi!s and ton-lnile hauling cts ment. The cost of huuliige for t.ie group of counties Is lower since the nuilly In gross hauling cos:-; :tl.- :tj. Iii Wise county, Virginia. $1,031. D7S 54 provided fur road work by bond issues, state contributions, and in other ways. Krom this fund 63 miles of road have beui surfaced Average loads have increased from l.StiO to 2. '00 ISIi'i. the st-tes of Oregon and Wash ington received 32.!20. as their share of the graiiug receipts from .lie natloual forests within their Ixir Jers. Without considering IniToat.ed leceipts from ot'ier forest resources this fiKiire would le douhhd by the advaiue in grazing rates. TRACKWAYS ON STATE HIGHWAYS have been reduced from 57 to 23 cents. The gross eaving to t!.e conn- roads were improved, it was found. lv wi.u hauling costs alone are con even when charges are made in the c,j,,red. is approximately $i.(H0 a comparative computations for inter- taf est on bonds and annual maiut-n- ance costs. The result of the studi-, THANKSGIVING which extended from 140H to '.111.'., and which Included other efr.-ots of Improved highways than thoe on traffic, are shown iu department bul letin 393, recently published The eight counties in which the PROCLAMATION President Wilton has issued the annual Thanksgiving day proclama tion, which reads as follow:;: "By tbe President of the I'nited studies were made are Spotsylvania. States of America. A Proclamation: Dinwiddie, I.ee ami Wise counties, "It has long been the custom of Virginia; Franklin county. New our people to turn in the fruitful au- York; Dallas county, Alabama; Ijiu- tumn of the ye;T in praise and derdale county, Mississippi, and Man- thanksgiving to Almighty Oou for atee county, Florida. These counties his many Ides-sings and mercies to us were selected because they had just as a nation. The year t hat has Issued bonds for road improvement elapsed since we last observed our when it was teclded to make tho day of thanksgiving has been rich in studies, and it would therefore be blessings to us as a people, but the possible to cover the road improve- whole fact of the world has been nients from outset to completion. darkened by war. In the riid.t of Tho average gross annual saving our peace and happiness our in hauling costs due to the road im- thoughts dwell with painful disquiet provements in tlse eight counties un" tho struggles and sufTeriiiKs of was found to be 17.9 cents per ton mile, w hile the net saving was found to be 11.6 cents. The inves'ipi'lors point out in the bulletin that an actual cash saving to the amount : dieated Is not effected, but that this Is the indicated saving when the time of workers and use of draft animal tho nations at war and the peoph upon whom the war has brouglit dis aster without choice or possibility of escape on their part. We canno' think of our own happine.i without thinking alio of their pitii'Ll distr-s "Now, therefore, I. Wood row Wil of America, do appoint Thursday, and equipment are given cash values the thirtieth of November, as a day :it the rates prevailing iu the several of national thanksgiving and prayer. communities. Cffacls by Counties and urge and advise the p.;Ie to resort to their several places of nor- In Spotsylvania county. Vlrgiria, -ship on that day to render li.ar.ks to Almighty God for the blessings of peace and unbroken prosperity whir:-, he has bestowed upon our beicved Looking to the futuie when full forni-'s slate highway sy?t tu will have to bear heavier and more con tinuius traffic. T. J Toner. Pacific toast supervisor !or the Maxwell Mo tor Sales Corporation, distributor of l.e Maxwell car throughout the west, has eiidorsid the suggestion of Kran M. Hugo, secretary of the state of New York, for tho Installation of otne kind of plute for motor track ways on the state highway Toner's opinion is based upon many months of observation of the effect of the increased traffic over the stale Highway leading out of San Fiancisco since the system was opened for vehicular transportation. "Many persons nre familiar with he fact that plateways are ofieu isi-d over bridges and certain other places where heavy material Is hauled." says Toner, "but the public s not so well aware of the fact that n an IS-foot road the average tilth of the main re ads - only u rn.'.ll part of this width Is uctil.il used by the vehicle which pass over it. Take fo instance the state high way Miuth of San Francisco, tire markings of both horse druwn und tn, iter driven vehicles stand out in maiked contrast to tiie balance of the highway, proving conclusively ap, il the slightest observation that only a small portion of the hlgiiw iy i . actually used "Yet when the road has to be re paired or renewed tha wholo width to be dealt with, as mere paUh r.g iu most Cu.-;es emtio! be regarded '. : ti.e nio-t practical method of maintenance. Consequently one. con-! 'eludes that prepared trucks would ; save an immense amoutn of repair and wear. These tracks could be j made of special materlul, continu ously, smooth in character and suf ficiently wide. They would beur nearly nil of tho truffle and would i lengthen the life of the highway ten fold. 1 "When one considers the rapid In j crease every year in the number of! automobiles alone thut use our state . highway, one can readily appreciate what tills means in wear The Mux-j well car alone furnishes a striking; example of the rapid growth In thej number of new owners. The factory! allotment for the west for tho year! ! Il-17 Is nearly 12,000 cars; of j , tills amount 5,900 alone will be sold! , In California THE LAVAS ON ISLAND OF HAWAII ii bond issue of $173,000 wax pro vided and 76 miles of road were im proved. The average loads hauled in a two-horse wagon increased ma- country in such unstinted me'i.-e terially after the roads wero im- And I also urge and sugrst ear d C t proved, and ton-mile costs dropped in this, our day of peace anJ a : fiom 30 cents to 13.7 cents. This ance, to think in deep fya:p:,.y meant a gross ton-mile saving of 16.3 tho stricken people of the wori i 5 jo; cents, or a net ton-mile saving, when whom the curse and terror of r charges wer made for interest on ''as so pitilessly fallen, and to con- honds and maintenance of roans, of tribute out of our abundant m-ns H.9 cents. The gross total annual to the relief of their sufferings Our laving in the county is, therefore, ap- people could in no better way show pi ultimately $150,000; und when de- their real attitude toward the pres- duetions are made for interest and rit struggle of ihe nations than by maintenance costs, the annual indi- contributing out of their abundance CENTRAL CONFECTIONERY V. H. MtOWKK. Propr. DRUGS. TOILET ARTICLES. CANDIES CIGARS AND TOBACCO Phone li.i .Next to ('entrsl Market None of the Island possessions of, the l ulled States exhibit more nol i utile poiut: of Interest for the oh 1 servant trav.der or tho naturalist . than the Hawaiian Islands. The 11a lives nre typlcul of the race, tiiliut.it - ; lug many island groups of the south Pacitlc. the plant life lias the ul tractive features of Insular develop : : ment in s-inltrolcal latitudes, th. marine life of the warm waters I , wonderful, but perhaps the 111 p fascinating. Instructive und awe In piling of ull the natural pheiioin.-n, of Hawaii are furnished by its aetlv vi Icauoes. The whole group of Is lands, extending in a chain for man.' hundred miles. Is of volcanic origin though some of the Islets and reef are but the wave-battered remnant, of volcanoes whose tires huvu long ' since died out. Approaching Honolulu by steamer from San Francisco, the traveler hut the evidence of volcanic action plain ; ly before him in the first land h. sees, in the ash cone of Koko Hen' ( und the well-preserved craters o ; Diamond Head and the Punch Howl which are In the outskirts of tin city. The high mountains of the Island of Ouhti are ulao made up of black lava- basalt but they are largely covered with vcgctuttoii und one must go to the largest l-dand of the group. Hawaii, for the wonder ful demonstration of the process by which all these Istutid mountains have been built up from groat ocean depths. Klluueii, 0110 of the tnont active, and Manna laia, 0110 ol the largest volcanoes In the world, lire 1 hewing Just how lava builds up mountains. I lot li of these volcanoes are luclud'd In Ihn newly created Hawaii national purk. Since the (line of Cu plain Cook I lie ilawdiluil lilalids liuve been v lulled by geologists uloi others Interested 'n the problems of volcanoes, and mi 11 1) has been written coiicernlnx thiim. I Profctialomil Paper hS, ' l.avus ol ; llnwull und Their delations." by j W'lill in 11 11 Cross, of the I'nited Stales j geological aurvey, depurlment of the Interior, presents u atiiiiuiury of what Is now know n concerning (ho lavas I of ull (he Island I bis pnpt r Is J largely technical In its character, for, it la Intended primarily to secve us ! : basis for future study of the rocks jy geologists. ! Il appears (lint there urn ninny ,11'i'r klndi of luvus iu Hawaii lie.' cated net saving Is $1 30,670. in Dinwiddio county, Virginia, a bond Issue of $105,000 was provided, and tho state contributed, in addi tion, nearly $40,000 worth of con vict labor. The improved road mile age at the completion of the study to the relief of suffering which war !ia: brought in its train. "In witness whereof. I have here unto set my hand and caused the i;eal of the I'nited States to be af fixed. "Hone at the city of Washington. tills seventeenth day of November, in A Noil-llltoxiiMtillg J Sparkling T j 1 1 1 iii r j uoiflen and Amber Kectar E. W.'KETEL St. Helens, Ore. Contractor--Builder I STIM U CS, PLANS Cement Work 11 Seclaliy Phono Cornice! Ion The lte.t for the Home was J01 miles. Average loads for a two-lior.se wagon increased from yf';ir "l bur '""rd, one thousand about 2 ooo i.oiindu in -i 'i Km hundred and sixteen, and of the pounds, and ton-mile co-.;ts decreased '"''"h"'"1''" of the Fnlted States i Henry Weinhartl Plant w. till fine hlinilrpil nrwl ff,.v fl... 4 iioiu ,111 tenia 10 13 cents, the net "".' ton-mile saving is IS. 7 cents, and the "WOOf iltOW WILSON Indicated gross saving for the county ",! 11,0 l'r's''l'-"t . i:; $124,870. .Main 1'OltTI.AM), A 1172 oiti:(;o 'ItOUEItT LANSINt: "Secretary of State ' In Lee county, Virginia, a fund of t!tli4.0ri0 w.'.u r,r(,vnle.l l,e l..,.,,u u,l the state oontrihuled labor wortli GRAZING RATES more than $21,000. Ninety-nine miles of road were improved. Aver age loads increased from 1,500 to 4,000 pounds, and ton-mile costs were reduced from 40 to 20 cents, witli a net ton-mile saving of 10.0 cents. The gross annual saving for the county was $59,400. In Franklin county. New York, bonds to the amount of $500,000 were Issued, and Ki5 miles of road '.ere improved. Average loads in- TO ADVANCE IN 1917 histrict Forester tieurge H. Cecil Portland, Oregon, aim ounces that after careful consideration the secre tary of agriculture has approved an increase in the fees to be charged for grazing livestock on the national for est ranges. This increase will be made gradu ally for the next three years, until the charges reach a point equivalent to two-thirds Of the el, I.,.., 1.. 1... creased from about 2.400 pounds to rii .' ." r --, ,,, . ... " ' ' """- 'or Kiazing stock on 0..1H1 pounds. Ion mile costs iu,.lf aiM d-opp.,1 from 30.0 to 9.6 cents, ami stock associations are being ad-! the net ton-mile saving was 11.7 vised oi this decision in order that ' cents. The gross annual saving In statements regarding the views of bo county for h.-.ullng charges has t,,r members may be submitted to ; been approximately $50,000 since the t10 forester by February 1 1917 . 1 roads were improved. case they desire to dlscuns' the mat- In Dullas county, Alabama, $.'!CC,- i,.f j 977 Meeured from the bond Issue was; Investigation of rental values fronj m.ed to improve 101 miles of road, time to time, says Mr. Cecil has re-! Average loads increased from 1.500 vealed that the government' charges ! pounds to 2,500 pounds, and ton- f,,r Kraznf? mi tho nalona, f ' i mile hauling costs fell from 30 to a.o only one-thlrd of the market1 15 cents. The net ton-mile saving value of the forage. Since timber' was 10.9 cents. It Is estimated that and other resources of the national! the county aaves annually $90,000 forests are sold at their market value gross In hauling conts as a result of t1(ire an Increasing demand thai the road improvement. ton renonrces should be disposed In Lauderdale county, Mississippi, of In like manner. $500,000 worth of bonds was Issued, Tho national forests were created and 98 miles of road Improved. Av-:fr the' primary purpose of conserv orago loads Increased from 1.600 to ing the timber and water supply The 2,500 pounds, and hauling costs grazing iiko of the ranges, which was dtrpped from 37 to 20 cents per ton- found to exist when active control mile. This brouglit about a net sav- of the foroats was begun, was treat ing of 3.9 cents per ton-mile when ed as a secondary matter and only ul! unnual ch:irgo:i against the road a portion of the admlnlstratlvo cost. Improvements were considered. The, of handling the forest was asked as annual gross saving to tho county Is . a grazing fee. approximately $43,400. j Since the national -forest states, In Matmteo county. Florida, $252,- sharo In ull the receipts from national j 500 obtained from a bond issue Im-j forest business to the extent of 25 proved G3 miles of road. Average, per cent, the revenue to these states loads Increased from 1,500 pounds to ! will be materially Increased by this 4.S00 pounds, which resulted In a decision. j reduction of ton-mllo hauling costs! For the fiscal year ending June 30, PERRY GRANITE CO. Earl Perry, Mp, 301 4th St. Portland, Ore. Designers and Manufac turers of Monuments. Deal willi us direct and tlius save agent's cuintnis simi. lor Good Work, always the cheapest. H. M. TERRY THE MOTOR TROUBLE MAN KtHrt Machinist. tiK your auto troubles to me. Marine work u specialty. Hliop at St. Helens garage. Phone 87 WICKS ALWAYS ItUASO.VAIil.K Be Fair to Your Wife Save her the Wash Day Drudgery. Let us call for your laundry. Our work will satisfy you St. Helens Steam Laundry Geo. Watkins, Prop. AHomelndustry Mortgage Loans On Improved Farms at the lowest rates and on long time. Repay able In such Installments as the borrower may wish. Liberal prepay ment terms arranged. No commissions charged. Loans closed promptly! Mortgages purchased. WM. McMASTER 701 Coihett IUiIk. Port land, reKon LYONS BROS. Painters and Decorators All our work guaranty! and none hut the best or iiialeilnls used, I'W koimI, liomwt work, ,., to UN. LYONS BROS. St. Helens, Oregon E. A. Crouse Architect and Contractor I'laiis 11 nd KNtiinateN l'uriiiHiei ' Now is a good dm,, t i,uUil. sides huiult, nnd iu.iv r . elation of I lie dirr-reni ' luterent to lude. of ,, ry 'f volcnnoeu. u- ? " -t t ho lean,,.,, """I, of .,. ,Hh,n;,;; ,h' 'Lews that present k,,w,,,Ke J V? rocks Is sufficient , . some of IIhi uB, V,x . 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